Thursday, November 25, 2010

Shawn's bike done. One sweet frame!! this one really "works" for me, although I did not properly estimate how much time it would take.

I'd like to do more of this set-up in both Paragon and Paul {pictured here} dropouts. Clean, works perfectly, stiff & actually lighter then sliders. *But,* more labour & parts. So: these are a $150.00 upcharge. Also available as a geared setup with the Paragon units, which also come with a bottle opener option. I'll get some pics of these options up on my web page, I am going to overhaul the options - I would not be surprised to see prices go up........

This pile of tubing will be Barry's 26" wheeled double toptube cruiser......

Look! they do come in Metric & Standard!

While it was raining & snowing in Flag our favourite fishing spot was like this! Score! only one fishing boat in the entire parking lot. Yes - it was killer.

Sunrise on the Arizona Strip. I love the Strip.

The Vermilion Cliffs.

Snow beginning to fall over the Kaibab Plateau. They closed the road for the rest of the year over the plateau two days after this.

Sun cracking over the Echo Cliffs - briefly.

Up early to hit the water before the wind starts, usually around 1-2 PM.

D. is just killing it trout fishing. This hook-jawed male is staging for the spawn - hence the aggressive hooked jaw for fighting other males and the brighter then usual pink as well as the white fin tips. He went back in the drink to help make more little rainbows! A quick measurement before She released it put it ~ 19"

A quick look & back in the drink.

Yet another getting ready to peel out into the deep.

That's it for now, y'all. Going to have some breakfast & go to work. One thing: Blogger tracks stats & this blog is getting over 6,000 hits a month but I have few comments - am I just boring or is my comment filter all wack? drop me a quick comment, huh? - Garro.

Friday, November 19, 2010

LJ came & got her new ride - light, pretty, and best of all - a great fit for a tall gal.

Barry W's up and coming cruiser build. it's been awhile on one of these beauties. looking forward to it.

The cruiser will be largely built of seamless aircraft 4130. For me, this is real bike building - cutting pieces from 8' raw lengths & just getting down to fabrication. dirty, greasy & nasty, but real fabrication. This will also be one of the lightest cruisers to date, using tubing down to .028" {.71mm} in the front triangle & diameters down to 1".

Who knows what happened to this seat tube at the factory but it's obviously not gonna fly......

Shawn's frame is having a brief time out. My disc tabs in stock just will not work with the Paul dropouts but another builder who commonly uses them has some custom disc mounts made for them that he generously offered to send out. Thanks, Man!

A detail of some finish work on the fillet - smooth.

A nice blending of the metals. This is just a beautiful frame, flowing & an effortlessly straight build.

New weapon of choice - A nice Grobet riffler file. The finish you see on the fillet is from this file.

Thanks hugely to everybody who chipped in for the benefit - we raised $5000.00 for the family!

Office day. It's not all "glamorous" metal fab.

out of here for the weekend, going to get out of the shop for a few days & hopefully catch some rays on the Rio if the weather permits. Back at it on Monday. CLIENTS: here is the build queue when I return, get ahold of me & I will get ahold of you as well: 1st, finish Shawn's {WA}. Next: Barry's cruiser {CA}, raffle winner Meghan's x-bike {AZ}, Pete M's 29er {AZ}, Kenny C's 29er {TX}, ED H. {overseas}, T. {AZ}, Hanna {VT}, Amy P. {AZ}, Christie D. {AZ}, Alisha {AZ}, Jeffery K {FL}, Mike B. {NC?} Tom C. {MI}, + seven more PS - Katie B of Tucson, are you out there? - Steve.

the center of the rear hub is perfectly on center with the rest of the frame.

a 2.35" Panaracer Rampage fits all the way forward in the drops with good clearance.

All dummied up with a BB to make sure I order the correct spindle length Phil Wood . It came out to be a swank 116mm - nice. Here it actually fits with a 111.5mm, but tightened down it will rub the chainstay.

And finally, the seatstays all fab'ed up - i'll get those on tomorrow & hopefully get the whole shebang all brazed. - Garro.

SO, WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT, THEN?

Hi! my name is Steve Garro, and this blog is an ongoing chronical of the process of building the finest handmade bicycles I can here at Coconino Cycles, located in beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona.

I'm a one man operation, doing all the design and fabrication in house with my own hands. we have been operating full time since feburary 2003, producing about 20-25 frames a year, as well as handbuilt wheelsets and complete bike builds. every bike is totally custom fit to the needs and measurements of each rider and built from scratch with hand selected tubesets from several premium manufactuers including True Temper, Dedacciai and Kaisei. I pride myself on perfect fit, ride quality, and durability to provide you with the best cycling experence I can. to know more details, check out my web page, http://www.coconinocycles.com/

Please note that as of 1/14 I had a roughly one amd a half year backlog on orders. I have since stopped taking deposits to catch up on work until January 2015

When looking through my blog, you will also see alot of details of my life and pictures of things I like to do and stuff that I think is cool, like handcycling, fishing, boating, friends and family, critters, landscape, and flowers, with some wierd stuff thrown in for good measure. enjoy, and thanks for stopping by - Steve